IRLS 504 FOUNDATIONS OF LIBRARY AND
INFORMATION SERVICES
Winter 2005/2006
Residency
Types
of Libraries
Reading
Report 3
Rubin organizes his discussion of types of libraries using the traditional headings of types of libraries: public, academic, school and special libraries/information centers. The purpose of this reading report is for you to organize his material and your thinking about each type of library. You can use either an outline or a narrative style.
For each type of library, describe its mission/goals, user groups, roles or functions, special features and issues.
Note: there is no one right way to do this report. The purpose is to help you organize your learning about each type of library.